Kumar Parakala

Kumar Parakala is currently the Partner and Head of IT Advisory for KPMG in Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMA) and India. He has served the firm as Global Head of Sourcing and is the Chief Operating Officer for the Advisory business in India.
Kumar was the Chairman and President of the Australian Computer Society (2008-2009), and received the ACS Honorary Life Membership.
He was appointed as a director on the board of “Global Industry Council” International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3 - GIC).
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Early Life & Career
Kumar was born in Tanuku, Andhra Pradesh India and spent his early life in northern India. His father, Subba Rao Parakala was a senior public servant with the Bureau of Indian Standards. Kumar graduated from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India with a Master of Science (Economics) and received his Master of Business Administration and Master of Information Science degrees from Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia.
Kumar moved to Australia in his early twenties, where he worked in management roles within healthcare, professional services, manufacturing and the public sectors .
Kumar joined KPMG Australia in Year 2000. He was the National Chairman of the Australian Computer Society and was the IT industry spokesperson for several years in Australia. Kumar was appointed as member of Australian Information Technology Industry Innovation Council in June 2009 by Senator - Kim Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Prior to his current role, Kumar Parakala was the Global Chief Operating Officer for the Global IT Advisory practice for four years at KPMG.
In February 2011, he was appointed Director on the board of “Global Industry Council” International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3 - GIC). Global Industry Council Directors are specially nominated and invited to serve within the United Nations Educational Scientific Organization (UNESCO) - as internationally recognized luminary executives, thought leaders, and visionaries and for their strong history of providing substantive contributions to global business, industry, society, education, and governments.
Kumar has also been a columnist for the “The Australian” and the “Times of India”, leading newspapers of Australia and India.
Awards & Honours
Kumar Parakala was awarded an ACS honorary life membership award in 2010, since the creation of the society in 1966. He also received the Leadership Excellence Award from the Queensland Government and the SEARCC Outstanding Contribution Award.
He was invited by the Central Queensland University to become an Adjunct Professor in 2008.

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